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Parasynastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Parasynastraea was named by Alloiteau (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: K u Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Agathiphylliidae by Baron-Szabo (2002); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Parasynastraea Alloiteau
1972Baksanophyllia Kusmicheva
2002Parasynastraea Baron-Szabo
2002Baksanophyllia Sepkoski
2002Parasynastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyAcrosmiliidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusParasynastraeaAlloiteau 1957

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Parasynastraea Alloiteau 1957
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Parasynastraea cylindrica Kusmicheva 1972
Parasynastraea tignaria Oppenheim 1930
Invalid names: Baksanophyllia Kusmicheva 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Campanian or 145.00000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine Baksanophyllia cylindrica (47041)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain P. tignaria (67084)